Slog - Comments on We, In Fact, Told You So http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so Yesterday I Slogged about the Sound Transit board's vote to put light-rail, bus and commuter-rail expansion on the ballot in 2008. At the end of my post, I wrote, "We told you so." As in: At a time when the consensus among transit supporters was that last year's roads-heavy Prop. 1 was our “last chance” to get light rail in the region, we at the Stranger said Sound Transit would be back in 2008 with a smaller, smarter transit-only ballot measure. Well, I really meant it: We told you so. Me, June 13, 2007: No big deal, RTID opponents say—a... Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:27:40 -0800 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:43:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Pride goeth before the fall, ECB. Post too many more of these insufferably long posts in front of a jump, and I'll personally ensure a rat chews through your server connection.

Shame on you.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082320 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:38:03 -0800 Comment by jimmy um, it ah, kinda, you know, still, um, has to pass.

]]> jimmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082327 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:46:25 -0800 Comment by JC Wow! You sure did! Maybe they'll name a station after you! They can decorate the walls with all of your articles! You totally deserve it! Yay, Erica!

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082328 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:46:43 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's like the deadender 21 percenter McSames - they don't like being forced to admit that not only are they clueless, but they are the ones who are naive.

Kind of like how nobody wants to tell you that even if we doubled bus service in Seattle, we still wouldn't catch up to the population and congestion growth since 1980.

But, hey, they have fake $30 license tab fees!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082329 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:47:42 -0800 Comment by lostboy Yes, ECB, you and others were right about a transit-only package returning in 2008.  And I, as one who argued that rejecting Prop 1 would mean years more of waiting, was wrong.

We could wish for you to be more gracious in victory, I suppose, but honestly this relatively benign gloating is a welcome improvement.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082336 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:51:35 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi So, in other words, you were lucky.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082340 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:55:22 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Even a blind squirrel find a nut once in a while.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082350 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:12:27 -0800 Comment by cressona JC @3:
Wow! You sure did! Maybe they'll name a station after you! They can decorate the walls with all of your articles! You totally deserve it! Yay, Erica!

Let me state emphatically that I would still vote for ST2—and still campaign enthusiastically for ST2—even if the package mandated that two of the stations had to be named:

  1. The Erica C. Barnett "I Told You So" Station
  2. The Josh Feit Has a Basketball Jones for Gilbert Arenas Station

Now, the delicious irony would be if these two stations were among the Snohomish County stations in the current ST2 package, the same stations that (when they appeared in last year's ST2 package) Erica et al claimed would only contribute to suburban sprawl.

P.S. Let me also state emphatically that, should the current ST2 pass this November, I will gladly engage in any groveling, demeaning, degrading act of apology so desired.

P.P.S. If that ST2 win is combined with a McCain win, I may have to cancel that apology. I'll be too busy checking out my emigration options. (I can just see the Slog posts now if McCain wins: Hey cressona, you jackass. I thought you promised all of us that you would leave the country if McCain got elected. Well, he got elected, so don't let the door hit your fannie on the way out.)

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082369 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:53 -0800 Comment by The Insatiable Sulk Kelly O and Ari Spool give Incredible Hulk can of Rize, Incredible Hulk drink Rize, freak out, get bummed out, INCREDIBLE HULK BECOME DESPONDENT HULK!

DESPONDENT HULK WILL CALL IN SICK, DISCONNECT PHONE, NOT LEAVE APARTMENT ALL WEEKEND!

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Insatiable Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082371 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082371 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:51 -0800 Comment by ECB stands to pee Oh Erica, the first to brag are the first to sag. You've got a dick: you should know this.

]]> ECB stands to pee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082374 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:50:15 -0800 Comment by El Seven Geez, what attitude. You and Matt Davis must have been roommates back in college.

]]> El Seven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082376 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:55:06 -0800 Comment by TheMisanthrope GO ME! RAH RAH RAH!!! I was right too!!!

]]> TheMisanthrope http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082382 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:21:26 -0800 Comment by laterite Is a 15-year timeline really worthy of "I told you so"?

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082391 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:46:07 -0800 Comment by point x point synopsis prop one was stupid and doomed, and it wasn't the pro-transit/less roads folks (like yourself/board and, hell even me) that defeated it. the winning margin came from cheap ass status quo folks who wouldn't pony up and be responsible citizens. now that gas is reaming their selfish impulses, they're starting to see the light... but you can take the credit for that too, you seem to have a penchant for that sort of thing, goes right along with the "We told you so" mindset.

]]> point x point synopsis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082396 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:14:11 -0800 Comment by Gavin Blood Do I understand correctly that the Sound Transit board has endorsed dedicating more taxpayer funds to Sound Transit? That's what I really call fan mail from some flounder.

]]> Gavin Blood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082430 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:08:56 -0800 Comment by Greg Fuck you, Erica. Fuck you hard.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082436 City Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:17:56 -0800 Comment by GoodGrief Hard not to share Greg's reaction. ECB, you are just too easy -- when you pull crap like this it only serves to further illuminate you as a self-aggrandizing twit.

]]> GoodGrief http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082455 City Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:01:25 -0800 Comment by Neener-Neener Telling people they were wrong, when in fact they were totally, completely wrong is considered bad form these days.

Or, maybe they're just a bunch of whiny-assed, sour grape chewing, poor losers.

If ST1 had passed half these folks would have been all, "in your FACE, ECB!", doing their little victory dance while making that "L" symbol on their foreheads, had it come to that.

]]> Neener-Neener http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082464 City Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:52:05 -0800 Comment by MyNameIsNobody There's nothing worse than a sore winner.

Especially if we haven't won yet.

]]> MyNameIsNobody http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082466 City Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:01:14 -0800 Comment by Scott Dow Provide an environment safer and better
than their cars. Why not, Mr. Mayor?

So it's a train.

A supertrain.

I've been burned by this
train business before.
You people all seem to forget...

We can change this city.

People love their cars.
I'll put it to you like this, and then
I'll thank you for your time.
My answer is no.

]]> Scott Dow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1082494 City Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:29:23 -0800 Comment by Martin H. Duke As someone who didn't think we'd get even this far by now, I'm happy say I've been wrong so far. But that doesn't count for anything yet.

If this passes in November, I'll be happy to post an apology on my blog within 24 hours.

At the same time, I'd be happy if ECB spent even a fraction of time she spent taunting her progressive allies instead campaigning for this measure. But, hey internecine fighting is so much more fun! (See: Obama, ECB's Criticisms of)

]]> Martin H. Duke http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1083233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/we_in_fact_told_you_so#c1083233 City Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:43:40 -0800